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Fun with robots
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:56 am
by wayne
This afternoon I've been mucking around with the drum-playing system that my friend Robbie Avenaim has devised. We're planning a duo groove thing with 4 kick robot kit, a bunch of Scope stuff and Rob and I playing live drumkit, bass & brass.
Just getting used to what the machines can do with a smaller setup - this kick is played from both sides, snare, hat and 2 toms. Evidently the kick servos are used in airline windshield wipers. Specced up!
Vid 1
Vid 2
Re: Fun with robots
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:16 am
by garyb
hahaha!
awesome. i know some drummers who will hate that....
Re: Fun with robots
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:47 am
by wayne
Yeah! Chops are superseded! Have to dazzle them robots with feel
These buggers actually beat fast enough to get some drone pitch
Re: Fun with robots
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:34 am
by garyb
ahhh, the good life!
Re: Fun with robots
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:41 pm
by kensuguro
wow, vid2 actually sounded pretty cool musically. These things are fast!
Re: Fun with robots
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:03 am
by wayne
Ridiculously fast, Ken.
It's an experimental rig, Arduino-based. Mount/beater/motor design will need a little work for consistent accurate midi translation.
The fun thing will be to play live along with this sick dawg
Re: Fun with robots
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:14 am
by faxinadu
mixing aside - how is tracking on it? cause that is where i'm skeptical, doe sit hold up next to everything else?
Re: Fun with robots
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:34 am
by wayne
Yeah Faxi - many hardware issues - I've been playing with it for a few days, and am making lists
I wouldn't use it as a drummer per se - we wanted to use it to augment live drums and basses - I'm kinda hangin to get 16 kicks in surround around a crowd tho
Re: Fun with robots
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 2:16 am
by JoPo
Brilliant ! I love machines ! Your drum playing system opens a wide range of possibilities, especially for live performances. I guess it works with midi and I already imagine what you could do with some breath controler like that one :
http://tecontrol.se/products/usb-midi-b ... controller ! Fantastic ! That pleases me so much !
You certainly already know that marble music machine... :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q
A totally different concept but still a machine..
Is Robbie Avenaim the builder of your system with airline windshield wipers and Arduino ? Very smart and brilliant ! Your system blends my electronic music passion with my professionnal work (automatic industrial machine building/programming/reparation). I'm a bit jealous !
